Construction Milestone Reached on $456M Wisconsin Center Expansion

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The Wisconsin Center District recently gathered with state and local leaders to celebrate the topping-off milestone for the expanded Baird Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This achievement marks the completion of the steel structure of the expansion. Gilbane Building Company and C.D. Smith Construction, who have formed a joint venture as Gilbane | Smith Wisconsin Center Expansion, are the general contractors on the project. Upon completion, this monumental expansion project will nearly double the convention center’s size, bringing the expo hall to 300,000 square feet, adding 24 new meeting rooms, six additional loading docks and a rooftop ballroom with spectacular … Read more

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Banner Gateway Tower Expansion Doubles Size of Medical Center Campus

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The $243-million, five-story Banner Gateway Medical Center tower expansion project, located in Gilbert, Arizona, is complete. The expansion doubles the size of the medical center campus and is expected to add more than 600 new jobs to the campus. McCarthy Building Companies served as the general contractor on the project. The 351,000-square-foot addition includes an expanded women and infant services unit with NICU, added space for inpatient cancer care by Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center (located on the same campus) and more space for surgical, emergency, endoscopy and imaging services, including four new operating rooms, new MRI, as well as … Read more

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Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center’s Renovation, Expansion Project Tops Out

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The Bon Secours – St. Francis Medical Center’s renovation and expansion project in Midlothian, Virginia recently topped out. Construction includes renovations to existing spaces and the addition of two floors to help the hospital meet patient needs and provide more acute care services. Skanska is serving as general contractor. The expansion aspect of the project includes adding two floors above the existing surgical department, a new med-surg nursing unit with 24 beds, an additional intensive care unit with 24 beds and neonatal intensive care unit rooms. As part of the renovation of the existing building, the former ICU unit on … Read more

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Marine Museum Breaks Ground for Park Expansion to Honor Those Who Served

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The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation recently broke ground for the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park expansion, located in Washington, D.C. The 23.3-acre Semper Fidelis Memorial Park features 40 memorials, more than a mile of trails and overlooks the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Unique among outdoor museum spaces in the Washington, D.C. area, the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park stands as a bastion of remembrance and reflection. Consigli is serving as general contractor on the project. Once completed, the expansion will have space for 22 memorials, including two grand memorials that are upwards of 1,200 square feet, with a focus on … Read more

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Student Housing Expansion to Welcome Students in Fall

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The $106-million Suites project, a student housing expansion project for CSU Fullerton (California) on the east side of campus, is complete. Sundt Construction served as the general contractor for the suite-style housing spaces geared toward returning sophomores and above that will welcome students this fall. The new 185,505-square-foot complex will accommodate 600 students within three six-story buildings. Each suite will hold eight students with four-bedroom, two-bath apartments and a small kitchenette. Additional amenities include active rooms for residents to socialize or study, amenity spaces on every floor, a large multipurpose room that can seat up to 200 people and the … Read more

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